02-26-2009, 10:47 AM
I really wouldn't call it a masterpiece, but the Watchmen was a trend setting work much like what Kurosawa's Seven Samurai did for action movies. Current ongoing series' such as Infinite Crisis (DC) and Civil War (Marvel) present the superhero moral dilemma in a much more contemporary manner that's easier to read.
Personally having read the comics of today before the Watchmen, I found the Watchmen to be boring as well. I've never stopped reading comics, and it's themes have been repeated many many times since. If I were to sympathize with readers today, I'd say the art looks drab and the pacing too slow. It boils down to personal taste I guess.
